DrXmus Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 I loves me a good onion ring and what better day to have some than on National Onion Ring Day? Does anyone know of a housemade onion ring in the area? Extra credit if the joint is in NoVA. The only place I can think of with fresh rings is Mad Fox in Falls Church. I'm not saying they're the best ever, but they're not frozen and poured from a bag into the fryer basket. (I have high standards, being from the South where I often had rings from The Beacon in Spartanburg, SC and The Varsity in the Atlanta area and most fast food locally owned places made their own rings.)
thetrain Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 I loves me a good onion ring and what better day to have some is National Onion Ring Day? Does anyone know of a housemade onion ring in the area? Extra credit if the joint is in NoVA. The only place I can think of with fresh rings is Mad Fox in Falls Church. I'm not saying they're the best ever, but they're not frozen and poured from a bag into the fryer basket. (I have high standards, being from the South where I often had rings from The Beacon in Spartanburg, SC and The Varsity in the Atlanta area and most fast food locally owned places made their own rings.) Eatbar's are housemade - light on the breading but still pretty greasy. The housemade penne pasta dish has also been consistently good recently.
monavano Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 I might have to turn in my DR card for saying this, but Johnny Rocket's makes some mean onion rings. When hot, they're not greasy and the onion doesn't pull out on the first bite. (I'm keeping the decoder ring and will never share the secret handshake)
weezy Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 I've heard good things about the rings at Ted's Montana Grill from a picky eater who knows rings, but I haven't tried them myself.
ktmoomau Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Cheeburger Cheeburger is a chain but they hand make their onion rings on site and I really like them, at least from the Annapolis location. I haven't been to any others, but I know there is one in Ashburn.
goldenticket Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 I like the onion rings at Hard Times. For full enjoyment, they must be eaten at the restaurant, as they don't survive carry out. Especially good with a splash of their chili vinegar!
saf Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 So, nobody has defined a great onion ring yet. I love onion rings. Hot, battered, and VERY thin. I haven't had a good onion ring in DC since the New Orleans Cafe on Columbia Road closed.
DanCole42 Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Vidalia's "French Fried Onion Rings" ($3.00 @ the bar during happy hour) are pretty great...
Choirgirl21 Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 I like the onion rings at Hard Times. For full enjoyment, they must be eaten at the restaurant, as they don't survive carry out. Especially good with a splash of their chili vinegar! Since we're all turning in our DR cards in favor of chains, I have to agree with this one. But, I'm no onion ring officianado.
The Doctor Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Is Ray's Hell Burger still serving onion rings? I was very impressed with their rendition. Good batter/onion ratio and they both stayed connected during the eating process.
leleboo Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Vidalia's "French Fried Onion Rings" ($3.00 @ the bar during happy hour) are pretty great... Tasty, but I found them really greasy. The Senart's ones are buttermilk-soaked and were really wonderfully non-greasy when last I had them. But it was only once; may have to do a repeat for confirmation.
saf Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Vidalia's "French Fried Onion Rings" Are they thin or thick?
hm212 Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Is Ray's Hell Burger still serving onion rings? I was very impressed with their rendition. Good batter/onion ratio and they both stayed connected during the eating process. I like Hell Burger's onion rings too. Had them about a month ago and they would be on the top of my list.
leleboo Posted June 29, 2011 Posted June 29, 2011 Returned to Senart's. Incredibly flavorful and crispy rings with NO grease! I'm not sure which dimension defines "thick" or "thin" -- they're not onion straws, which I guess are the extreme of thinness, but basically follow the thickness of natural rings of onion. I can say I would eat these every chance I get, whereas the Vidalia ones -- which I had a couple weeks ago and were, as I said, darn tasty -- were total grease-bombs and I can't imagine eating them more than once ever six weeks or so.
The Hersch Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 Once upon a time, the onion rings at the Trio were surprisingly wonderful. Has anyone eaten onion rings at the Trio since about 1990?
Pat Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 Returned to Senart's. Incredibly flavorful and crispy rings with NO grease! I'm not sure which dimension defines "thick" or "thin" -- they're not onion straws, which I guess are the extreme of thinness, but basically follow the thickness of natural rings of onion. I can say I would eat these every chance I get, whereas the Vidalia ones -- which I had a couple weeks ago and were, as I said, darn tasty -- were total grease-bombs and I can't imagine eating them more than once ever six weeks or so. I just got these again, and they were about three times the size of the ones I had shortly after they opened. These also seemed to have a different kind of breading than they did before. It didn't fall off the way it did before and seemed very similar to many other restaurant onion rings. They're not greasy, though.
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